Where does “פּערסאָנאַזש” come from?
פּערסאָנאַזש (Yiddish) comes from Russian персона́ж, from French personnage, from French personne, from Middle French personne, from Old French persone, from Medieval Latin persona, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 — to see; eye.
פּערסאָנאַזש (Yiddish): character, personage
Definitions
- character, personage
Ancestry of “פּערסאָנאַזש”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | персона́ж | character, personage |
| 2 | French | personnage | character |
| 3 | French | personne | person; no one, nobody; anyone |
| 4 | Middle French | personne | — |
| 5 | Old French | persone | person; individual; rector of a parish; someone;... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | persona | parson, person; mask; character |
| 7 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 8 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |